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Nicker vs Knicker - What's the difference?

nicker | knicker |

As nouns the difference between nicker and knicker

is that nicker is pound sterling while knicker is of or relating to knickers.

As a verb nicker

is to make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

nicker

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(nicker)
  • (British, slang) Pound sterling.
    • This coat cost me 50 nicker .
    Synonyms
    * (pound sterling) pound (standard), pound sterling (standard), quid (slang), sov (slang)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a soft neighing sound characteristic of a horse.
    • Synonyms
    * neigh * whinny

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with halfpence.
    • (Arbuthnot)
  • The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.

    • knicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (-)
  • (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickers.
    • knicker elastic

    Etymology 2

    Dutch knikker.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, dialect, UK, US) A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble in games.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Bartlett)
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